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What not to do when working a support issue

Posted on September 4, 2020 by Eric Weberg

Don’t make your customer work to get your assistance. They’re already suffering a problem. It’s your job to (try to) help them overcome whatever they’re facing, whatever that may be. Could be that your job is to help them understand … Continue reading →

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Responding with regard

Posted on August 21, 2020 by Eric Weberg

Thought-provoking, https://www.industryweek.com/leadership/article/21139049/a-leadership-skill-thats-rarely-taught-but-sorely-needed Particularly intriguing: It affects your body more than you cialis order know. If order prescription viagra you consume alcohol, then it can disturb your sex life, so you can avoid drinking alcohol. In few cases men do viagra … Continue reading →

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Testing in Low Code environments

Posted on July 29, 2020 by Eric Weberg

I’ve seen a fair amount of discussion recently about migrating business systems to self-tagged “low code” solutions. This shifts the burden of testing from code (unit / static) and integration tests into more of a business-process test – nearly integration … Continue reading →

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The difference between DB tuning on-prem vs cloud

Posted on January 27, 2020 by Eric Weberg

I read a couple interesting posts related to the importance of using a holistic system view for DB tuning, rather than using a single criterion such as wait stats. https://www.brentozar.com/archive/2020/01/why-database-monitoring-tools-are-so-hard-to-interpret/ https://sqlperformance.com/2020/01/sql-performance/why-waits-alone-are-not-enough The comprehensive hourly-load view on Ozar’s post in particular … Continue reading →

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Programming with punch cards!

Posted on December 9, 2019 by Eric Weberg
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Data science

Posted on October 4, 2019 by pfb_admin

Interesting article discussing the need for a “bi-lingual” approach, speaking both tech and business. https://www.industryweek.com/talent/data-scientists-are-short-supply-does-manufacturing-really-need-them

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Cut the Bullshit Team-Building Lessons

Posted on September 19, 2019 by pfb_admin

I appreciated this perspective. https://www.industryweek.com/leadership/cost-team-building-much-lower-not-having-team Celebrate success, even small success. This leads to strong teams. Show that you are a team player by asserting that you are the alpha dog, the leader, and then demand that everyone is treated equally … Continue reading →

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Interesting thoughts on waste in project management

Posted on September 5, 2019 by pfb_admin

https://www.industryweek.com/operations/hidden-waste-lurking-project-management

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Leadership article in IndustryWeek

Posted on July 15, 2019 by pfb_admin

https://www.industryweek.com/operations/boeing-once-admired-company-now-just-poorly-led The author’s opinions about incompetency resonated with me. It’s not acceptable for subject matter experts to claim lack of knowledge as a rationale for anything! That’s when it’s time to learn.

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Barcode verifier linkdump

Posted on April 22, 2019 by pfb_admin

This is the requested example – a subset of it. And it comes from these units, in particular the Dataman 8072 https://www.cognex.com/products/barcode-readers/barcode-verifiers/dataman-8070-series-verifiers https://www.vision-systems.com/content/dam/VSD/solutionsinvision/Resources/Barcode-Quality-Verification_wp.pdf  This explains the verification parameters consisely. https://www.google.com/search?q=iso+15415+grading+hardware&rlz=1C1GCEV_enUS822US822&ei=pMqnXLyPIqbKjwSajKxw&start=10&sa=N&ved=0ahUKEwi88dXe9LnhAhUm5YMKHRoGCw4Q8NMDCJAB&biw=1274&bih=634 https://www.cognex.com/what-is/barcode-verification/selecting-a-verifier https://www.cognex.com/resources/white-papers-articles/WhitePaperAndArticleForm?Event=7367969e-a523-4f7e-918a-141a2d696e70&cm_campid=196f3534-67fc-e711-9113-00505693004d https://www.keyence.com/ss/products/auto_id/barcode_lecture/2d_verification/verification/ This compares ISO15415 and TR29158 https://support.honeywellaidc.com/s/article/What-is-the-ISOIEC-15415-standard https://www.bar-code.com/verifiers/LaymansGuidetoANSI.pdf … Continue reading →

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